Verstappen won the sprint and qualifying in Miami, Leclerc was always second

20-year-old Verstappen also won his second sprint of the season and extended his lead in the WC to 27 points ahead of Prez. Two weeks ago, he succeeded in the sprint n. Rodk from Hasselt extended his invincibility in Miami, triumphing here in the previous two races. In Sunday’s main draw, he is on the 59th level in career and five years.

I didn’t have a good start and I had to slip (Leclerc) a bit. Natst in the first arrest. Then the safety car came out, so we calmed things down a bit. After him, we could increase the jump, but it was not quite perfect. I have a lot of work to do, but the relationship is great. We got another point, said Verstappen in front of the television cameras.

Leclerc was also satisfied. I had a pretty good start, but in the first corner I was on the inside. I didn’t want to risk too much, because today we still have qualifying. If we crashed in the sprint, we probably wouldn’t be able to get into n, said Leclerc.

The first six pilots finished the sprint in the same order as they started it. Australian Daniel Ricciardo from Racing Bulls took fourth place, Carlos Sainz from Ferrari finished fifth and Oscar Piastri from McLaren finished sixth.

The girls enjoyed the fights on the other pk. Immediately after the start, Lando Norris from McLaren, Lewis Hamilton from Mercedes and Fernando Alonso with Lance Stroll from Aston Martin were involved in a mass accident. Alonso dropped to last place, Norris and Stroll retired. The safety car had to be on the track.

Then there was a duel between Hamilton and Kevin Magnussen from Haas. But none of them missed the last scored eighth puck. Magnussen received a penalty of several seconds after the fights, and Hamilton paid for the penalty due to insufficient speed in the pits. Jki Cunoda from Racing Bulls finished eight. All the penalties were deserved, no doubt about that. I would have done it all the same, said Magnussen in the end.

Verstappen didn’t recognize the champion even in qualifying. He won the pole position for the sixth time of the season and the seventh in a row, thanks to which he won the record. Frenchman Alain Prost won first place at the start in the first seven rounds of the season 31 years ago. Maximum with eight pole positions in ad dr Brazilian Ayrton Senna from the 1988 and 1989 seasons.

his fourth sprint, Ricciardo dropped out this time in the lead of the qualification and due to the lead-out penalty he will start in the lead-out from the last 20th place. Sunday’s Grand Prix starts at 22:00 SEL.